The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Best of Jaboukie Young-White

Episode Date: July 24, 2023

Happy Birthday Jaboukie! Former Daily Show correspondent takes on youth issues including what keeps young people from the polls, teens' fight for civics education, and what draws young people to socialism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday?

I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. The midterm elections. They're now just a few weeks away. And because of that, we're starting to see more and more news stories about who's going to vote, who's not going to vote, and why. We headed to the local university of California campus. Democrats' hopes of winning here hinges, at least in part, on turning out people of color and young voters.

Sorry, not to be annoying, but we're with NBC News, and I'm just trying to figure out, anybody here going to vote in the election on November 6th? Anybody? Anybody? Nobody's going to vote? Okay, I don't know if that proves nobody's going to vote. to the thrown, people don't want to to to to to to to to to too, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody? Nobody, nobody? Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody? Nobody, nobody? Nobody, nobody? Nobody, nobody? Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody, nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody, nobody. Nobody's nobody, nobody, nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody, nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody's nobody, nobody's nobody, nobody's nobody's nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody's nobody. Nobody's nobody. Nobody's nobody, nobody. Nobody, nobody. Nobody, nobody. Nobody, nobody. Nobody, nobody. Nobody, nobody. I that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that, I that, I that, I th thi. I thi. thi. I thi. thi. I thi proves people don't want to talk to some random creepo at the bus stop. Like if anything, all we've learned is that 20 years of teaching kids about stranger danger has paid off. That's it. But, but I will say this. This democracy pick up artist, he's actually getting at something, right? This guy's, he's onto something. When it comes to voting, one crucial demographic is unenthusiastic AF.

We always talk about who's going to come out and vote, you know, what demographic, what group? Young people, usually, historically, they don't show up. Young people are the least likely to vote. Young people as a group don't vote in the numbers that older folks do. Turnout among younger voters is often below 30 percent in an election where people in their 50s and 60s to vote vote vote vote vote vote vote vote vote vote to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th, th, th, th. th. th th th th. the the, the the their their their the the the, the the the, the the, their the, election where people in their 50s and 60s turnout at 50 to 60% turnout rates. Old people vote twice as much as young people.

To me that makes no sense because young people have to live with the effects way longer. Like if I was old, I wouldn't care, I'd be gangster about. Yeah, I'd just be like, well, let's see what this Jill Stein is about. Who gives it damn? I've got five years at best. Yeah, three years if I drink LaCroix. Let's do it. So, the question is, why don't young people want to go to the polls?

Well, to help us get our heads around this, we're prouded, we to to to to to to to announce, we to announce, we to announce, we to announce, we to to to to announce. Daily Show Edition. Senior youth correspondent, Djibuki Young White, everybody! Welcome. So great to have you here. Jibuki, welcome to the show. All right, let's get into it, man. As young people, we know that we should be voting, but we don't seem to be enthusiastic enough. So what can we do to increase the turnoutout? Okay, well, first of all, Trevor, we're going to need to stop to stop to stop to stop to stop to to stop to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be tooom, to be to be tooomk, tooomk, tooomcococuoom-a. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. to increase the turnouts? Okay, well, first of all, Trevor, we're going to need to stop saying we, because you're old.

Okay, no, no, no, hold up. No, no, no, no, don't let the tie fool you. I'm mostly the youth. I was born in 1984. Oh, 1984. Okay, young. You know, you're old, young, kind of like Nick Cannon. You know? Like, how old is he? 30-50?

Like, I can't really. Like, I have young in my name, literally, right there. And your name is Noah, like that creepy old guy who made those animals fuck on a boat, you know? It wasn't a boat, it was an arc. Let's move on. Like, Jibuki, I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. Why aren't more young people excited about voting? Why aren't more young people excited about voting? What you should be asking is why the youth vote is being suppressed.

Oh, of course. Voter suppression is a big issue in America. I mean, we saw the Supreme Court ruling about North Dakota, people shit again Trevor no I'm talking about how voting is designed for old people like why do we still use paper to vote paper is over I don't even wipe my ass with paper you know I use a bidet I use a bidet to today and thi. told you to try to go out to vote can't you just postmates the election to me you know like oh Tony will be here in 20 minutes with my ballot and my seaweed salad th tho th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th tho tho tho tho tho to to tho tho to to to to tho to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th th th. th. the. the the the the the the tho. thoooooooooo. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe to me to to, okay? Plus now they want to require an ID? Where am I about to get an ID? Wait, wait, you don't have a driver's license?

Oh my god, Trevor, you are as funny as my mom said. Oh, huh. Like, look, I don't need a driver's license. Like, look, I don't need a driver's license. My Uber driver needs a driver's license. In fact, if you want my ID, my Uber is the best ID there is. It's got my face, it's got my rating, 4.8. And all my driver's license will tell you is where I once live.

My Uber tells you where I'm trying to be, you know? Like right now, I could take any of your phones and be like, oh, they went there, they're there and they took a pool, they're gonna vote for Bernie. You know? Okay, but that doesn't explain the lack of enthusiasm, right? 57% of older people are very excited to go vote. Yeah, of course they are. they are. Because the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thoes. thoes. thoes. thoomoes. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're their. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theea. thea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. thoooooooooooooooooo you're old, you have the luxury of free time, you know? Who else can play chess in a park at 4 PM? And why is voting on a Tuesday? That's the hardest day to take off.

Which reminds me, can I take off next Tuesday? No, what? What? that's what I'm talking about? That's that shit, Trevor. There's no election day. election next Tuesday! What are you talking about? That's not the point. That's not the point. You want young people to vote? Make election day a national holiday. You know?

Yes. Yes. Like President's Day or Toyota thon. You know? Okay. So let me get this right. If America adopts digital voting, and if they allow people to do it from home

and they make Election day a day a day a day day a day a day a day a day a day a day a day a day a day a day a day a their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their to to to to to to to allow people to do it from home and they make election day national holiday then young people will definitely vote? Oh no. Why would I spend my day off voting? I'm trying to see what this park chest is all about. Djibouty Young White everybody we'll be right back. Hey everybody John Stewart here I am here to tell you about my new podcast the weekly show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What

are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. American school children today will have to fix many of society's problems tomorrow. But is their education giving them the tools they'll need to fight for change?

While Djibouki Young White went to find out. As the Daily Show's youngest correspondent, I'm most qualified to report on the fact that civics education in America sucks. It's so bad, only one in nine schools require a year of civics classes. But young activists, like members of the Providence Student Union, are demanding higher standards. Which is why I'm here at a small Rhode Island school to interview students who are fighting to fix their education and their futures. Afterschool spash, what's lit fam? Who are you? I'm the new transfer student.

My name is Chad, I am 17. You're older f'feeck. No, I'm not. You smell old. I'm not old. After some convincing, I gained the trust of Ahmed and Alita, the student organizers asking for better civics education in Rhode Island. Cigars was important to me because I still see that there are people that are like,

voting isn't important. And I think that young people especially should also understand the way how systems were built and how the world works. Like how can you go about life not knowing your rights or how their to to to to to to to to to be to be their to be their..... to be to be to be to be to be their to be their to be their. to be their their to be to be to be their their to beaqaqqaqaqaqiaqiaqaqaqaqaqaqaqa. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Iaqqqqqqqqqqqq. I. I. I. Iaq. I. Iaq. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. Ia. And, toea.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. And, ta.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. And, toea.a. And, the toe were built and how the world works. Like, how can you go about life not knowing your rights or how to pay taxes or anything like that? Okay, but you don't actually have to pay taxes. That's a myth. No, you have to pay taxes.

Like, you have to pay taxes. Is this real? That's why we need civics class in high school. But I mean I do I do civics all the time. I'm like constantly sending out civic tweets. I'm like hashtag green new deal, hashtag Coney 2020. Sometimes if I just need to get all my civics in one tweet I'll just say like hashtag woke and then boom civics. That's no not even close. Wow. You basically just talked about social media. I mean, let's face it, we're teens.

There's nothing that we can do to make our school teach us civics. Um, I couldn't have to disagree with you on that. One, me and I'm in our teens. The shirt's not fooling anyone. Two, me and I'm assuming the United States government for civil classes in all schools. Wow. You heard that right. My same-aged friends were suing the government for civics education in schools.

Alita and Ahmed are making their case with the help of Columbia professor and oldest person I know, Michael Rebell, who's been fighting for education equity most of his career. The U.S. Supreme Court said every child in this country has a right to an equal educational opportunity but kids who come from low-income backgrounds, many kids of color don't have meaningful opportunities. So why did you decide to sue Rhode Island and not a state that everyone hates like New Jersey? We looked at what states have the worst education system when it comes to civics and also where

would the community be supportive? If we get the Supreme Court to declare that th th th th th th th th th th th th th the the the th. the their their the to the the to their the to the the to to to to to to to the to to to the the their to the to to the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the the the th. th. the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the.. the. toe toe toe toeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeateeeeea. toea. thee. when it comes to civics, and also where would the community be supportive? If we get the Supreme Court to declare that there's a national right to education, state legislatures and school systems will act on it, it'll make a huge difference. You know, 50% of the American public cannot name the three branches of government, can you do it? Uh, federal, executive. And the Supreme Court, notorious RGB.

She's one of nine justices. Yeah, nine. Yeah, there's RGB, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlet Johansen. Wait a minute, you're mentioning all the actors and the Avengers. They are not Supreme Court justices. I left one off, the Hulk. Do you even know who your representative in Congress is? It doesn't really matter about my representative

because I know who my senator is. It's Bernie Sanders. I don't think Chuck Schumer. Who the fuck is Chuck Schumer? He's your Senator from New York. I think you've got a long ways to go on civic knowledge, I'm sorry to say. Did I not get an education? That's the kind of unfortunate reality that we're trying to grapple with.

Thank you for teaching me that I'm dumb. Wait a minute, that is not the message I'm trying to get across. I hear you loud and clear. I'm a dumb, I'm dumb. I'm a dumb head. You're obviously very smart from our conversation. Oh my god, they're right. Boys do go to Jupiter and get more stupider. I'm gonna be right back.

Okay. This wise old man made me realize how- Do you have a hall pass? We're not in a school building right. OK. Well, then, can I go to go go bathroom? You can go to the bathroom. Oh, sorry. May I go to the bathroom first? So maybe us teens do need better civics education. And though this case still has a long way to go, its success will ensure future generations the education Alita and Ahmed missed out on.

The ultimate goal for me is that people are more civically engaged. And, you know, we have th th th th th th th th th th tho tho tho tho tho tho, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, thu, thu, thu, thi, thu, thu, thu, thi, thi, well, well, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thus, thus, th, th, thus, th, thus, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thii. thi. thi, thi, thi, that reflects the population. Wow. I learned so much today and I hope you did too. Teach out? I thought you were a team. Class dismissed. Shit. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday.

We're gonna be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me, the election. Economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're gonna be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.

It's safe to say that socialism is having a moment in American politics right now, and that's freaking a lot of people out. So, we sent our newest correspondent, Djibuki Young White, to find out why. For years, grumpy old white dudes have been telling us that socialism is total bullshit. Socialism leads to decline and ruin. This system crushes human souls. But as the Daily Show's new senior youth correspondent, I know that

millennials right now think socialism is totally on trend. I pop Somali and hit the street to find out why even though the olds hated, the kids love socialism. I think socialism is great. I think you should definitely help whoever you could at any situation. I f-cooked with socialism just because I anything that's helping black people out. Okay, so you're socialism curious? Yeah, little, I'm in college. Right.

Do you hate billionaires? Lo-key, yeah? You look at Jeff Bezos. He doesn't look human. I mean, I think the idea of socialism is on point. I don't really know what socialism means to be completely honest of you. Oh, it's okay, we're all confused. If there are only someone we could talk to, someone with some deep experience on the subject. When I started doing this sort of piece on socialism, I knew that there was really only one politician who I can talk to about it.

So I guess my question is, do you know AOC? Sure. What's her availability like if you could put thia ouch maybe? But you want to speak to her? Yeah, maybe. Oh, well, I just figured you know. Seriously, you can't talk socialism in America without going to the O.G. Senator Bernie Sanders. I believe in a society where all people do well, not just the handful of billionaires. Could he be the oldest millennial in America? You know that capitalism has given us a bunch of really dope things, right? iPhones, cars, hamburgers, the Avengers movies, the opioid crisis. So why are young people like myself very open to socialism?

Your generation, the younger generation, will in all likelihood have a lower standard of living than your parents. Your generation is leaving school more deeply in debt, having a much harder time finding affordable housing. The jobs that you get will pay less so the idea of creating a society with more egalitarianism, so I think it's very appealing to young people. Okay, shh, shh, shh. Yeah, I feel the burn. I see what you're talking about now. I admit it, Democratic Socialism looks pretty fine on his tinder profile. But are we going to vibe when we meet IRL?

If you go to countries like Denmark or Sweden, you're going to see very little poverty. You could leave your job, you could start a new business. You and your family still have health care as a right. So I could quit the Daily Show and be fine. Absolutely. Well, it was a great meeting with you. Ha ha ha ha ha. So under President Bernie, we'd be more European, like Denmark or Narnia.

But try telling that to the haters. It's a terrible system. It's never worked. And in order for it to work at all, you've got to kill several million people to make it work. Carol Markowitz has written on why socialism needs to be canceled forever, period. Millennials have been raised in such prosperous times. They just think that, oh, we can make it even better with this insane plan to share the resources. You know, I would love capitalism if it just weren't for all the sick people and all the poor people who can't afford health care. Is

there a way for me to enjoy capitalism without those things? If the solution is socialism it's gonna make us all equal in our poverty. But if everyone is poor isn't that kind of cool because we're all experiencing the same things it'll be like hey like the breadline was extra long today and I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, th. thi. thi. thi. the, thi's the the thi's the the th. thi's thi's the thi's thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the. the. the. I theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I's the. I's the of cool? Because we're all experiencing the same things. It'll be like, hey, like, the bread line was extra long today. And I'd be like, oh my god, yeah, it was. That guy is super observant and like funny. Not so much, no. I was born in the Soviet Union. My great-grandfather was killed in a gulag because he owned a business-o' socialist decided that was no longer legal? That's truly horrific.

Would Bernie be sending small business owners to force to labor camps? Obviously, Soviet Union was an authoritarian society with no democratic rights. And I think if you know history, you'll know that democratic socialists stood up and fought against that. You could look about what existed in the Soviet Union or in Venezuela. That is not what I'm talking about at all. So no one's going to the gulag. Well, except no. Uh, okay. Fact check. The examples of failed socialism that critics use are not socialist democracies, but authoritarian

states led by corrupt, ruthless and paranoid dictators. But I do have one real problem with socialism. I like money. You know, TV's going kind of good for me right now, and I'm thinking of writing a successful book. Is socialism still for me if I'm a millennial millionaire? I mean it depends on what's your heart. If what you say in your life is all I want to do is make as much money as I possibly can. And screw everything else. I don't give a damn...

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Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and stream full episodes anytime on Fairmount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central Podcast. Hey, everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about. All the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me.

The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they they obsess me. The election, economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're gonna be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.